Last week, it had rained a lot and strangely this week the weather becomes very hot. I cannot tell now whether we are in the rainy season or dry season. I think the weather just went crazy lately. Today's bento for the kids was made pretty quick. I used deco furi to color the rice, but you can use tomato sauce if you don't have deco furi. I used carrot, nori, jelly ball, and egg white plus food pick to make the other parts. I can say that the characters were made less than 15 minutes. No request from the kids for a specific characters this time, so I chose the simple one to do. Hope this can still bring a smile to their faces.

I received a few emails from working moms, saying that they were interested to make charaben bento for their kids but did not have much time to do it because they had to go to the office in the morning. So this bento probably will be a good example with a simple and a quick to-do character. You don't need to spend hours to prepare this bento for sure.

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hi Lia...being busy lately? It is rather unusual that your post within this hour...I have been waiting for it...haha! Well, what else can I say about your bento..always look wonderful. No wonder many people ask if you spend many times in creating them... :D

@Journal Mommy Yenny : Hi Yen! Yes, I have been busy today and the kids have a tight schedule too. Just got home and have time to publish this post. Believe me, once you get into the bento routines and planning at least one day ahead then you don't need to spend so much time to prepare the bento ;)

@sheri fujihara chen : Thanks a lot Sheri! Speedy is fun ;)BTW, I want to apologize that I couldn't publish your comment for Bentolicious #240. I don't know what happened, I got the email notification that I had some new comments but they didn't show up on my dashboard. Some comments disappeared but only for Bentolicious #240. Tried to contact blogger but no reply until now *sad*

@Big Momma : Thanks a lot for your kind comment! My kids are getting bigger now. Somehow I got this feeling that I will have to change my bento style soon. Probably they won't need cute bento anymore. Until then, I will try to post as many as I can to share it will all of you :)

@ChantaleP : Thanks Chantale! Wish I can just ring a bell and deliver those tofu puffs to you. Kids said that they love the mini tofu puffs too! Usually I made the big block puffs at home. Just figure it out that the kids don't like it before just because of the size. Where am I all this time? LOL ... I tried to get Little A into the spicy foods. I'm still using big chilli though but good start for him :)

Hi Lia, I always love your cute bentos and even the simple ones are stunning! It is helpful to use who have so much to do in the mornings before work. I have to make an effort even without charaben in the bento!

You are really pro in Bento! I love all your bento (like fine art!) Really wish I stay near you so that you can be my "Si Fu" (teacher). Can I have your e-mail, need some advise from you.Cheer! my e-mail marychey@streamyx.com. Tks

Hi Lia, Need some advise from you. Thinking of doing BENTO bussiness in my home town. Like giving classes,BENTO Competition or any ideal about Bento. Understand in Jakarta is very popular with bento bussiness. Can you recommend me where can I learn or get information? (e-mail or their web site). Tks & my e-mail marychey@streamyx.com